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- 1902-1949 (Creation)
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0.27 m of textual and graphic records (3 boxes)
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Thomas Henry Hogg (Dip. 1907; BASc. 1908; CE 1914, DEng 1927, PEng) played a leading role in the development of Hydro-Electric Power in Ontario. During his student years he worked for Ontario Power Corporation in Niagara from 1902-1911. In 1913, he joined the Hydro Electric Power Commission of Ontario, and after a series of responsible appointments, became Chairman and Chief Engineer in 1937, serving in that capacity for the next 10 years.
Following his retirement in 1947, he became an advisor and planner of further vast power developments on the Niagara and St. Lawrence Rivers. He was retained as a consultant for projects in Brazil and several Canadian Provinces.
In 1940, he became President of the Engineering Institute of Canada, and he received the Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario Gold Medal in 1959.
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Fonds consists of two student notebooks for his civil engineering courses, a file of memoranda, agenda and correspondence related to his position as camp warden of the Ritual Calling of the Engineering (1942-1954), There is also some memorabilia and a report of the Ontario Hydro Commission written by Hogg when he was head.
There are also photographs documenting his time as an engineering student at the University of Toronto including 2 albums with informal shots of students. Also included are are numbered series of photographs (1902-1906 ) of the Hydro Electric Dam being built at Niagara Falls.
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Added to AtoM by E. Sommers, March 2017